Communities of oil palm flower-visiting insects: investigating the covariation of Elaeidobius kamerunicus and other dominant species.

ABSTRACT: Insects visit flowers not only to forage for nectar or pollen but also to search for hosts or prey, and to look for suitable habitats for breeding sites. In oil palm flowers, it has been documented that not all flower-visiting insects are pollinators, but some insects are recognized as predators, parasitoids or saprophages, which may affect the abundance and persistence of the weevil pollinating oil palm, Elaeidobius kamerunicus. We studied the community of oil palm flower-visiting insects and investigated the covariation between the abundance E. kamerunicus and that of other dominant species. Ecological research was conducted in oil palm plantations with different tree ages in Central Borneo. Our results found that tree age and flower type of oil palm did not influence the a

SUBMITTER: Rizali A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6689392 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature